If you are cutting the 2 1/2 inch squares for 1 inch hexies from a strip, you might try this to make life a little easier: cut the length from the 2 1/2 inch strip at 2 5/8 inches. That will allow you a little extra 'fudge room' when going around the longest diameter of the hexie. I am able to do that will all the white background hexies and it makes folding a little easier for me. The 2 1/2 inch square works, but it is just a little easier at 2 1/2 X 2 5/8.

Today is so blasted hot here in the state of Nebraska! Feels like a blast furnace outside so this old girl is staying inside with the a/c. Daughter has started her junior year in high school and hubby is busy with the farming and golfing this summer. I on the other hand have been scouring many books and magazines for patterns to get started on. Have a feeling this may be the winter for a lot of sewing! You know that feeling you get that says,"watch whats coming?" That's the feeling I have.

either it missed us, or I missed it. What I did see looked far away, south east of here. We got some rain, but not a lot. Much of Oregon was under severe thunder storm alert.

I used google, but am learning some things from my daughter, like to self-clean the oven 1-2 days after it was last used. And the cookie sheets I bought today, (cheep walmart ones) may need to be dunked in the creek. then they will really need washing to avoid giardia or ecoli. and porcelain sink is impossible. So I bought a couple plastic basins today. If it was a stainless steel sink I could do something about it.

the McCord air force boys were showing off over the house this afternoon. Flew over 5 times, sometimes upside down. They are amazing to watch. Last time he did a quick tip of his wings at me. No one else around, so it had to be for me, right?